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This isn't what CBS had in mind for its Saturday night prime-time women's U.S. Open final -- an event first created because of the Williams-sister phenomenon. Vera Zvonareva vs. Kim Clijsters-zzzzz. Hours after popular top-seeded Great Dane Caroline Wozniacki was eliminated, Venus Williams followed her out the Flushing Meadows door after a stunning collapse. Venus, with the Ashe Stadium crowd pulling for her Belgian opponent, stood a second-set tiebreaker away from advancing to her first Open final since 2002. But Venus proceeded to cough it up in a horrible tiebreaker, letting the golden opportunity blow away in the wind. With...

WIMBLEDON, England — Before Venus Williams started her quarterfinal here, the ranking of her opponent, Tsvetana Pironkova, seemed inconsequential. Then Yen-Hsun Lu knocked Andy Roddick from the tournament late Monday, and he shared two important things with Pironkova — a high-profile American opponent and a world ranking of 82. From this strange coincidence, sprang another upset. Before this tournament, Pironkova had won all of one match at Wimbledon in her career. On Tuesday, she captured her fifth victory this fortnight, a 6-2, 6-3 dismantling of Williams, the second-ranked player in the world. Her anticipated semifinal with Kim Clijsters, the No....

Playing her best at the most important events, Serena Williams re-established herself as the top player in women's tennis in 2009 and was a landslide choice as Female Athlete of the Year by members of The Associated Press. Williams received 66 of 158 votes cast by editors at U.S. newspapers that are members of the AP. No other candidate got more than 18 votes in the tally, which was announced Tuesday. Clearly, Williams' most infamous on-court episode - a tirade directed at a line judge after a foot-fault call near the end of her U.S. Open semifinal loss in September...

Monday, 14 September 2009 1:07 PM Bookmark and Share 0 comments | Have your say Comeback queen Clijsters wins US Open Kim Clijsters Related Articles * Amazing shot sends Federer to Open final * Del Potro stuns Nadal at US Open * Serena fined $US10,500 for outburst * Tomic wins US Open junior final Latest Features * The greatest tennis shot ever? The greatest tennis shot ever? Father Bob speaks: Im going nowhere Father Bob speaks: 'I'm going nowhere' * Threatening Serena thrown out of Open Threatening Serena thrown out of Open Greg Inglis: Billy the Kid is back [Nine]...

After retiring from the sport due to the birth of her baby girl, Kim Clijsters unretired from her 2 1/2 year hiatus to win the 2009 US Women's Singles Open by beating promising 19 year old, Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark, 7-5, 6-3. Clijsters defeated the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena on her way to winning the second US open title of her career. Congratulations Mommy !!

Reporting from New York - Serena Williams will be fined $10,500 for behavior deemed "unsportsmanlike conduct," and also for racket abuse after her obscenity-filled and aggressive reaction to a critical foot fault called during her 6-4, 7-5 U.S. Open semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters on Saturday night. There will also be further investigation of the incident according to a statement released by the U.S. Open, "The Grand Slam rule book also allows for an investigation to be conducted by the Grand Slam Committee Administrator to determine if the behavior of Ms. Williams warrants consideration as a Major Offence for which...

Kim Clijsters ROCKS ON! Well done Mommy!